Robert Hall (1801 – 25 May 1857) was an English lawyerDiscovering Leeds
Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds. and Conservative Party politician. He was elected at the general election in March 1857 as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for

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, having unsuccessfully contested the seat in

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. However he died in office less than two months after his election to the

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. He became Deputy Recorder of Leeds in 1842, and campaigned on

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with

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and

Michael Thomas Sadler Michael Thomas Sadler (3 January 1780 – 29 July 1835) was a British Tory Member of Parliament (MP) whose Evangelical Anglicanism and prior experience as a Poor Law administrator in Leeds led him to oppose Malthusian theories of population and ...

, and against

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, also founding a

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. After his death he was commemorated by a statue.

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* 1801 births 1857 deaths Lawyers from Leeds Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1857–1859 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1800s-stub